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Eligibility

Hospitals

If you have a Medicare card, you can be treated as a public patient in a Metro South Health hospital, at no charge, by a doctor appointed by the hospital. You can choose to be treated as a public patient even if you are privately insured.

Medicines

When the hospital pharmacy supplies you with medicines, you will be charged in the same way that you pay for prescriptions at your community pharmacy.

An invoice will be included with your new supplies or sent to your home address. Please advise staff if you have a concession card or if your home address has changed.

If you have a Medicare card, some of your medicine may be subsidised the Australian Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. This means you will only have to pay for part of the cost of the medicine.